Man convicted in BitTorrent piracy case

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A Hong Kong man has been convicted for illegally distributing
movies over the internet using BitTorrent technology, in what is
believed to be the world's first criminal piracy case involving
such software.

Chan Nai-ming, 38, was found guilty of copyright infringement
for uploading three Hollywood movies to a website without
authorisation by using a popular peer-to-peer file-sharing program,
a judiciary spokeswoman said.

The Hong Kong customs and excise department said the unemployed
Chan was arrested in January.

Chan was released on bail of 5000 Hong Kong dollars ($A855) and
a sentencing hearing was scheduled for November 7.